Upper School: BA Upper School students from
China made cultural presentations for students on campus. Yutian
Chen (Heidi) performed a classical Chinese dance; Hui Lai Gu played
traditional music on a Chinese zither (gu zheng) and Lijia Wang
(Leah) played the two-stringed violin (er hu); Fan Zhao (Frank)
demonstrated how to use chopsticks; Shijun Zhou (Jeffrey) and
Haoran Li (Steve) taught several Mandarin phrases; LiXiao Liu
(Grace) explained the tradition of gift giving with Hong Bao and
Chinese money (RMB/yuan) and the tradition of families getting
together to make dumplings (jiao zi); and Lijia led a traditional
farewell as a finale. Yuran Liu tied it all together as Master of
Ceremonies. Each appeared in colorful, native dress.

Upper School: Congratulations to the Finalists
for the 2015 National Merit Scholarships: Charlene
Dykstra, Jemma Kloss, Aidan McCarty, Aliyah Quereshi, Geoffrey
Rogers, and Brendan Ryan! Approximately half of all finalists from
across the country will win a National Merit Scholarship, to be
awarded later this spring. Good luck to all!

Middle School: A Middle School team from BA won
first place in Wisconsin at the Fall 2014 Stock Market
Simulation! Team members from Level 8 are William Carroll,
Nathaniel Rilling, and Zachary Walsh. 956 teams of students, from
5th graders to seniors in economics classes at many public and
parochial schools, competed in the simulation. BA students won a
free trip to New York City in March, where they will visit the New
York Stock Exchange.

BA's Tim Smyczek was hailed by Rafael Nadal at
the Australian Open for allowing his opponent a "re-take"
after he was distracted by a shout from the crowd on his first
serve. Smyczek, Nadal's rookie opponent, said it was only fair he
could re-take the shot. Smyczek's demonstration of good character
and sportsmanship has been the subject of numerous accounts in the
media around the world.

Lower School:LifeChangers (Lower School
Service Club): Patrick Walsh and Nicholas Dortzbach helped to
organize a special visit to Applewood Senior Living, where our
scholars sang, danced, played the violin, and recited poetry for
the residents.

Upper School: Congratulations! Junior Emily
Golchini was awarded an Honorable Mention for her photography in
the 2014-2015 Marlboro College Beautiful Minds Challenge.
The award included a free trip to a symposium at Marlboro College
in April. Emily will present her submission to her peers, as well
as Marlboro faculty and students.

Middle School: Congratulations! 33 BA students
competed in the AMC8, an international math contest, along
with more than 130,000 students in Level 8 or below. They were part
of a Level 6 team and a team comprised of Levels 7 and 8. Andy Liu
was the BA winner, scoring in the top 5% of contestants worldwide.
Arushi Dhingra came in 2nd at BA, and Madison Hesse and Jason Foss
tied for third. Among Level 6 students, Noah Pearlstein took top
honors, scoring in the top 10% of all participants in Level 6 or
below and in the top 15% of all participants at all age levels
worldwide. Daniel Perelman came in 2nd for the Level 6
BA team; Megan McCarty came in third.

Lower School:Summer Days Service Week
Contest Winners! Congratulations to Jack Murray, Macaulay
Omereonye, Ella Thompson, and Patrick Walsh! Each will have a
service
project completed for his/her charity of choice during the Summer
Program, receive one free Summer Days class, a t-shirt, and be a
speaker on the day of his/her project!

Lower School: Students in Liberty Hall's
Life Changers Service Club collected over 500 cans of food for
the Waukesha Food Pantry! Thank you to everyone who
contributed.

Upper School: Students made 400 Christmas
cookies and delivered them to Luther Manor, Applewood Assistant
Living and Sacred Heart Senor Living Apartments. In November they
collected 10 dinners for the Hope house.

Lower School: The BA Cub Scout Pack
183 family packed 41 holiday boxes for our Armed Forces
serving overseas. Homemade greeting cards and letters were included
in boxes of snacks, toiletries, games, DVDs, and candy - shipped by
Hunzinger Construction of Brookfield. Thank you for helping our
troops who are away from their families this holiday!

Upper School: Special thanks to the
Brookfield Academy Technical Theatre (BATT) Team for their
help with concerts, plays, and musicals. Many hours working behind
the scenes with lighting, special effects, and audio have created
memorable moments for us all. The BATT Team, under the leadership
of Joey Welden, includes Grace Dooley (12), Ben Palatnik (9),
Douglas Peters (12), Angela Schreiner (11), Katherine Sharpless
(11), and Leslie Walker (12). Nice work everyone!

Middle School: Peter Pan Jr., the MS Fall
Production, was presented just before the Thanksgiving Break.
Three fun-filled, colorful shows were a real treat. All shows were
sold out. See photos here. Thank you to
the cast and crew!

Lower School and Middle School:
Congratulations! Lower School and Middle School have received the
Lillian Trottier Concours Oral Award from the American
Association of Teachers of French - Wisconsin Chapter for
outstanding French educators and students, commemorating their
achievements at the Wisconsin French-speaking competition last
spring.

Lower School:BA Cub Scout Pack 183
has been awarded the Boy Scouts of America Gold Level Quality
Unit Award for the seventh straight year! Congratulations to
all the boys, leaders, parents, and BA staff who contribute to the
excellence of our program. Our Council ranks as one of the top 10
in the United States, and 183 contributes to top marks in
Advancement, Retention, Outdoor Activities, Trained Leadership,
Camping Opportunities, Service Projects, Fitness, and Leadership
Planning. 183 was also awarded the National Summertime
Pack Award for the second year in a row.

Upper School: Nathan Washburn earned an
individual first place with a perfect score in the MSOE OP
Mathematics Competition. Pranav Kulkarni earned the second
highest score, and Huilai Gu and Aidan McCarty earned the fourth
highest score. Math Club teams earned second and tenth place.
Congrats to all participants!

Upper School: Congratulations to the cast and
crew of The King Stag. Audiences enjoyed three wonderful
presentations of this fall play. More information and photos here!

Primary School: Congratulations to BA's
youngest scholars, the four-year-olds in
Level A, who began reading from their very first text book,
Palo Alto, on Monday!

Lower School:LifeChangers (Liberty
Hall's Service Club) is sponsoring a food drive to help stock the
Waukesha Food Pantry. Students are encouraging classmates to shop
with
their allowance or do chores to earn money to buy canned goods for
this project.

Middle School: The Middle School Service
Club will be serving meals at the Salvation Army on the second
Thursday of each month. For more information, contact
kitty.griffin@brookfieldacademy.org.

Lower School: Students in Liberty Hall have
already read 1,250 books this school year - in addition to their
regular course work. Amazing!

Upper School: Eight students from the Upper
School Service Club helped at the Hunger Task Force
Farm with an apple picking project, clearing about 20 trees of
all fruit. The 2,000 pounds of apples filled 40 large baskets for
local food pantries, providing clients with healthy produce.

It has been an eventful 2013-14 school year. See you in the
fall!

Upper School: Aliyah Quereshi represented
Brookfield Academy at Badger Girls State in
June. In addition to being elected to a couple of offices in that
program, Aliyah was selected as one of two students out of 800 to
represent Wisconsin at ALA Girls
Nation! The highlight of the week (July 19-26) will be a visit
to the White House and a group photo with the President of the
United States. The girls experience a rarely granted
question-and-answer session with the President.

Middle School: Fifty-four students gave their
time and talent this school year in various service projects
benefiting the Salvation Army, Retzer Nature Center, VFW,
Habitat for Humanity, Honor Flights, MACC Fund, and
HAWS. The following are commended for demonstrating an
outstanding commitment to service: Adam Abuhajir, Lily Beckett,
Darryl Brooks, Carolyn Miller, Isabella Petropoulos, and Calleigh
Rogers.

Upper School: BA participated in the
Federal Reserve Bank Challenge and came 2nd in the State
of Wisconsin. Team members included seniors Neil Chand, Griffin
Gill, Paige Hammond, Claire Halquist, and Jason Xiao.

Middle School: Shankar Thiru, Level 8, won
First Place in the 2014 Brookfield Public Library, Middle
Level, Young Author's Poetry Contest for a poem he wrote in
his BA English class entitled, "The Falling King."

Upper School: Congratulations! On Sunday,
Brookfield Academy graduated its 44th graduating class at a
ceremony in Patriots Hall attended by family members and friends.
Best wishes to our graduates as they continue their educational
journey. Congratulations, Class of 2014!

Upper School: Brookfield Academy is proud to
announce that Seniors Liam McCarty, Jimmy McMullen and Justin Zhu
have been awarded National Merit Scholarships of $2,500 each.
McCarty has chosen to attend Stanford University, McMullen has
chosen to attend Washington University, and Zhu has chosen to
attend Cornell University. Approximately 1.5 million students
entered the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Scholarship winners are chosen from a group of approximately 15,000
distinguished finalists. One hundred percent of Brookfield Academy
students go on to college or university.

Middle School: Level 8 students
ranked second in the Wisconsin Math League contest. Ravi
Kodali placed first at BA and fifth in the State. Other top scoring
students include Margot Armbruster, Mark Bechthold, Drew Godsell,
Ray Jiao, Rohan Nangia, and Shouryaman Saha. Middle School's
8th annual Math Meet consisted of a written contest
followed by an oral speed round. Ravi Kodali captured first place,
Andrew Hong came in second, and Rohan Nangia took third. Our
Purple Comet! online math meet team of Mark Bechthold,
Andrew Hong, Ravi Kodali, and Rohan Nangia was first out of 61
teams in the State and in the top 14% of 388 teams competing
internationally. BA's other teams also did very well. Both ranked
fifth in the State and in the top 25% internationally. Students on
these teams: Margot Armbruster, Oishee Chakrabarti, Brian
Colananni, Alexandra Dortzbach, Drew Godsell, Wil Ihlenfeld,
Alexandra Petrova, Rhea Prag, Ammar Razzaq, and Shouryaman
Saha.

Upper School: Senior Josiah Marsh
was selected to play in the Wisconsin Football Coaches
Association All-Star Game in July. This is a prestigious
honor, and the first time a BA player has been selected to
participate.

Middle School: Students of French
in Levels 7 and 8 took the National French Exam, a written
and listeningcomprehension exam sponsored by the American
Association of Teachers of French. In Level8, Margot Armbruster
received a perfect score, placing first in State and in thenation.
Calleigh Rogers placed second, Suneri Kothari third, Ben Palatnik
fourth,and Arianna Reed and Shouryaman Saha tied for fifth place.
Also finishing in
the top ten were: Sasha Semina, Elke Schlagenhauf, Alexandra
Dortzbach, Liam
Matthews, Rebecca Riess, Gabriella Hoggatt, Andrew Hong, Maha
Razzaq, and
Charlie Wacholz. Mark Bechthold placed second in State and in the
nation among
students with one French speaking parent. In Level 7, Adrian
Lapadat placed first
in State, Kaylin Artley second, Alexandra Petrova and Cecelia
Youso tied for third
place, Wil Ihlenfeld placed fourth, and Jack Urbanksi earned the
number five
spot. Finishing at sixth was Lilly Von Estorff. Others in the top
ten were: Caitlin
Connor, Sean Connor, Ana Schneider, and Mary Sportiello.

Upper School: National French Exam
(Grand Concours, a written exam) winners: French Level 2 - Ann
Urbanski was first in the State, Sriram Gollapudy and Clare McCoy
tied for second in the State. French Level 3 - Kristen Sportiello
was first in the State (for the second year in a row), and Taylor
Kass and Martin Toledo tied for third in the State. In Level 5 -
Clare Urbanski was first in the State, Jonathan Novak was second in
the State, Chloe Colignon was second in the State among francophone
students, and Emily Marks was third in the State. First place
winners will earn a stipend from the Lilian Trottier
Foundation.

Upper School: Freshman Skye McCoy
is this year's winner of the Joyce Cupertino Latin
Scholarship of $500 to attend the National Junior
Classical League Convention at Emory University in Atlanta
this summer.

Primary School: A sculpture at the
Milwaukee Art Museum by artist Dale Chihuly has inspired Art
Teacher Jackie May's Level A-2 students this spring. Their own
colorful, creative, 7-foot sculpture is now hanging in the lobby of
Constitution Hall. Stop in and see this masterpiece!

Primary School:A Year With
Frog & Toad, the Primary School Musical, was so much fun!
Our youngest actors and their audience members truly enjoyed
themselves. Nicely done!

Upper Shool: Congratulations! The
following students participated in the 2014 National German
Exam: Bronze awards to Nicolas Kontich, Anne Elfelt, Julia
Miller, and Samuel Meier; Silver awards to Alexander Lumsden, Paige
Cox, Maura Bielinski, and Paige Hammond; Gold awards (to students
scoring at or above the 90th percentile) went to Angela Schreiner,
Mary Clare Slavinsky, Kristen Sportiello, Matthew Geenen, Hannah
Doyle, and Emily Esser. Gold award winners are eligible to
apply for the association's Study Trip Award (a free study trip to
Germany) which was awarded to Hannah Doyle. Gut gemacht! Top
students in each class ranking are German 2: Kristen Sportiello -
ranked 1 of 158 in Wisconsin; German 3: Hannah Doyle - ranked 8 of
203 in Wisconsin; and German AP: Emily Esser - ranked 18 of 319 in
Wisconsin.

Middle School: The Math Club placed
first in the region and fourth in the state at the Wisconsin
Math Club Contest. We improved our standings tremendously this
year. Huilai
Gu, Aidan McCarty, Nathan Washburn, and Martin Toledo made the
"High
Scoring Students" list. Congratulations!

BA's K-5 Chess Team won the
Wisconsin Scholastic State Championship. Fifteen teams
competed. An excellent job by this young team: Krish Sharma, Reva
Hegde, Jacob Reiner, Aditya Gopal, and Daniel Perelman. The team
received traveling trophy for one year and a permanent first place
trophy.

Lower School: Ali Warraich (Level
5), won the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Contest in Wisconsin.
A Grade K-8 Grand National Champion and Semi-Finalist will be
chosen. Good luck Ali!

Middle School:Annual Pi Digit
Recitation Contest winner, Shankar Thiru recited 700 digits,
breaking the BA record of 641 digits set by Liam McCarty in 2009.
Amazing! Oishee
Chakrabarti and Esha Kapoor earned second and third place,
reciting 170 and 161
digits.Thank you to the moms who helped with the Pi Day activities
at lunch.

Middle School: Students took part
in the Promising Young Writers Program Essay Contest, for
eighthgraders across the country. They wrote a memoir based on the
theme, "The BestThing I Ever Read While Growing Up." MS English
teachers selected Gabriella Hoggatt's essay, "Welcome to Magic,
Welcome to Mystery," based on the Harry Potter series. Good luck to
Gabby as she moves on to the national contest!

Upper School:2014Scholastic Art Award national winners announced: Emily
Esser has won the prestigious American Visions Medal for a
drawing (after taking top honors in Wisconsin). This is BA's first
American Visions Medal! Chi Aguwa won two Gold Medals for
fashionand a Silver Medal for her art portfolio. Sophomore Brighid
Pesch won a Silver Medal
for fashion. These students have been judged to be among the most
talented young artists in the nation. Of the 255,000 works of art
and writing submitted, only one percent is chosen! Awards will be
given out at Carnegie Hall in June.

Upper School: Seniors Leah Cashaw
and Courtney Nowak will each be awarded Layton Art Scholarships of
$1,000 from Mount Mary University for study in the School of
Arts and Design.

Upper School: Seniors Chi Aguwa and
Emily Esser each won $1,000 from the Elm Grove Women's
Club at the 45th Annual Art Scholarship Competition.

Upper School: Freshmen Sriram
Gollapudy, Jason Tan, Skye McCoy, and Emma Lenz,
sophomore Adil Bhatia, and juniors Ethan Warren and Aliyah
Quereshi competed in Harvard's annual Certamen Tournament.
Competing against top teams from around the country, the advanced
team made it to the semi-finals, and the freshman team placed
second in the intermediate division.

Upper School: Chess Team ended the
season with a fourth place finish (Wisconsin Scholastic Chess
Championships). Pranav Kulkarni earned a trophy for his 5-0
performance on 4th board.

Upper School: Senior Liam McCarty
composed a piece entitled Reverie, as an Upper School independent
study, which will be performed at the Milwaukee Youth Symphony
Orchestra's Senior Symphony and Choral Collaboration Concert, March
9, at UWM. It will also be part of the BA Performing Arts
Reception, April 11.

Upper School: Mackenzie Bonk will
sign a national letter of intent to participate in the track and
field program at Saint Louis University on Friday, March 14, 8:15
am, in Patriots Hall.

Upper School: Senior Emily Esser
competed in the 77th Annual American Legion High School Oratorical
Contest at Ripon College, winning a medal and scholarship
money. Each student delivered an oration on the U.S. Constitution
and
Constitutional Amendments.

Upper School: The Milwaukee Art
Museum invited Stefan Romero and Emily Esser to discuss their
Scholastic Art Award-winning artwork at a Wisconsin Gallery Talk.
Stefan made his presentation last month, and Emily will be
presenting her work this month.
Congratulations, this is quite an honor!

Upper School: Huilai Gu, Aliyah
Quereshi, Nour Saeed, Shreya Shah, Lee Smith-Feinberg,
and Hee-Jun Yang participated in the Wisconsin Global Youth Summit
organized by
the Wisconsin Department of Public Education and held on the UWM
campus.

Upper School: Senior Alex Egan has
won several Scholastic Art and Writing Competition Awards including
one Gold Key for the Collections: Pieces of Me, The Weight of
Living, and Barefoot; and two Silver Keys for What do you want me
to write? and The Collections: What He Meant to Say and Words for
Me.

Upper School: Congratulations to
the finalists for the 2014 National Merit Scholarships: Samuel
Baureis, Emily Esser, Griffin Gill, Paige Hammond, William McCarty,
James McMullen, Clare Urbanski, Justin Zhu, and Troy Zimmermann!
Approximately half of all finalists from across the country will
win a National Merit Scholarship, to be awarded later this spring.
Good luck to all!

Upper School/Middle School: The
Upper School/Middle School Chess Team improved to 7-0 after
collecting impressive victories over Hartford, St. John's, and a
very strong New Berlin Eisenhower team. The final conference match
is against Kewaskum on February 27. The varsity team includes,
Kristopher Hildebrand, Adam Jace, Pranav Kulkarni, Shiva Suri,
Ethan Warren, Justin Zhu, and Troy Zimmermann.

Lower School: Congratulations!
Mishaal Omer, Level 5, did a spectacular job at the Regional
Spelling Bee. There were 28 participants; Mishaal came in third.
Several
words she spelled correctly include - geode, isobar, huckster,
fletcherism,
vulcanize, imam and tatami. She was so calm and absolutely
terrific!

Upper School: Our Mock Trial Team
of seniors Paige Hammond, Liam McCarty, Nancy Cattani, Simar Puri,
and juniors Rachael Overland and Aidan McCarty placed first in the
Waukesha Regional Mock Trial Competition and advance to the State
Semi-finals at the Dane County Courthouse in Madison on March 9.
Team coaches are Manjula Guru and David Wacholz. Our attorney coach
is Joe Redding.

Upper School: For the 11th straight
year, BA has won the State Latin Convention in Madison. Sixty-one
US students participated in three days of written tests,
oratory
competitions, and the quiz-bowl game certamen. Highlights include
Emily Esser, Aliyah Quereshi, Siram Gollapudy, Emma Lenz, and Jason
Tan - all placing in the top 10. Congratulations!

Upper School: BA hosted a regional
Mock Trial Scrimmage on January 25. This competition featured 25
teams from 13 schools and proved to be an excellent preparation for
the upcoming regional competition at the Waukesha County Court
House on Saturday, February 8. BA is looking to repeat its success
as winner of the Waukesha region and send the winning team all the
way to the State Supreme Court. All participating schools were
divided into four groups. The winners from BA were seniors Samuel
Baureis, Ajay Doniparthi, Anthony Tripi, Sangwoo Park, and Satvir
Kalsi; sophomores Nicolas Kontich and Hailey King; and freshmen
Skye McCoy, Clare McCoy, Rachel LeClaire, Ram Gollapudy, and Jason
Tan.

Upper School: The Debate Team of
Nour Saeed, Kristopher Hildebrand, and Ram Gollapudy travelled to
UW-Whitewater to compete in the State tournament for the first
time
and won several individual matches. We look forward to a greatly
expanded
squad and season next year!

Upper School: BA
participated for the first time in the We the People: The
Citizen and the Constitution Competition. Our AP Government
and Politics students did a wonderful job and placed third in
Wisconsin. Congratulations to seniors Samuel Baureis, Natalie
Kustner, Nour Saeed, and Hee-Jun Yang, and juniors Huilai Gu,
Kristopher Hildebrand, Aliyah Quereshi, Jimmy Schulgit, and Lee
Smith-Feinberg.

Upper School/Middle School:The
US/MS Chess Team improved to 4-0 with a victory over Muskego H.S.
Troy Zimmermann, Justin Zhu, and Pranav Kulkarni earned the
victories. Kristopher Hildebrand won his match in a losing effort
for the JV team (3-1).

Upper School/Middle School:The
US/MS chess team improved to 3-0 with a sweep over New Berlin West
on January 14. Troy Zimmermann, Shiva Suri, Justin Zhu, Pranav
Kulkarni,
and Adam Jace collected the victories. The JV team forced a tie
with Sean Connor and Michael Kashian earning victories, and Zacaria
Balkhy a draw.

Middle School: Level 8's Margot
Armbruster and Ravi Kodali scored in the top five percent of more
than 350,000 students who participated in the AMC 8 (a renowned
national contest dedicated to identifying, recognizing, and
rewarding excellence in mathematics) and will be listed on the AMC8
prestigious 2013 Honor Roll. They earned the highest scores to date
among BA students; their combined scores, along with Mark
Bechthold's score, earned our school a Certificate of Merit.

Upper School: Senior Morgan
Malatesta is this year's Daughters of the American Revolution Good
Citizens Program winner. She exhibits "dependability, service,
leadership, and patriotism" to an outstanding degree and will now
move forward in the local scholarship competition.

Upper School/Middle School: US/MS
Chess Team won close December matches against Hartland Arrowhead.
Varsity victories were won by Adam Jace (10), Pranav Kulkarni (9),
Ethan Warren (11), Justin Zhu (12), and Troy Zimmermann (12). The
JV also won its match.

Upper School: Emily Esser (12) was
the first place national winner in the 2013 VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. She received a
$10,000 college scholarship and an all-expense paid trip for
herself and a guest to the National VFW Convention in Louisville,
KY, where she spoke to convention delegates and received her award.
Emily's artwork was featured on the cover of the National VFW
Ladies Auxiliary Magazine in September, and the VFW sold notecards
with her artwork - which are already in a second printing.

All School: The International
Academy of Chess (IAC) and BA hosted a Grand Prix tournament on
Saturday. BA students participated in four of five sections and won
first team place in all. Final results will be posted on the IAC
website (www.ia-chess.com).

Upper School/MiddleSchool:The US/MS
Chess Team began the conference season with a tournament at
Arrowhead H.S. Nineteen BA students participated; most finished
with a winning record. Highlights: Troy Zimmermann (12) finishing
5-0; Pranav Kulkarni (9), Adam Jace (10), and Kris Hildebrand (11)
4-1; Michael and Sean Connor (7) 3-0 in three rounds. Level 7 and
Level 8 students who wish to participate on this team should
contact dave.reiner@brookfieldacademy.org.

Lower School: BA Pack 183 Set a
record, packing 76 boxes of holiday cheer for our troops overseas.
This 685-pound effort represents 354 hours of collective community
service in the Boy Scouts of America's "Good Turn for America
Program." Thank you to Colonel Chris Caponi - United States
Marines, Master Sergeant Frank Parker - United States Army, and all
the BA students and families who helped. We also thank Hunzinger
Construction for shipping the boxes again this year so they arrive
before Christmas!

Upper School: Liam McCarty (12)
recently received first place in Wisconsin in the VFW Voice of
Democracy Essay Competition. He will travel to Washington, D.C. in
March to compete against the other state winners for the grand
prize of a $30,000 scholarship.

Lower School: Life Changers
(service club) Liberty Hall food drive for the Waukesha Food Pantry
collected over 215 cans of food! Amazing! Thank you to all who
contributed.

Upper School: Jason Tan (Level 9)
and Jonathan Lee (Level 9) auditioned for and per­formed with the
Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) Middle Level Honors
Chorus and Band, respectively. Emily Krusche-Bruck (Level 12)
auditioned for and performed with the WSMA High School State Honors
Choir. Jason was also accepted in a vocal performance master class
run by artistic staff at the Florentine Opera.

Middle School: Margot Armbruster (Level 8) was
accepted to a vocal performance master class run by artistic staff
at the Florentine Opera. Julian Rhee (Level 8) performed the
first movement of Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A Minor with the
Madison Symphony
on November 26.

Upper School: Special thanks to the Brookfield
Academy Technical Theatre (BATT) Team for their help with plays and
musicals. Many hours working behind the scenes and a growing
expertise in lighting, special effects, and audio has created
memorable moments for audiences all semester. The BATT team, under
the leadership of Joey Welden, includes Athena Delgadillo (9),
Claire Halquist (12), Laura Kohlnhofer (9), Ben Palatnik (8),
Douglas Peters (11), Angela Schreiner (10), Katherine Sharpless
(10), and Shahrukh Qureshi (12). Nice work everyone!

Upper School: Senior Emma Rose Paulson is this
year's Ambassador for the Annual Trees of Hope WI Festival-Gala
supporting the Blood Center of WI, Be the Match, and
Leukemia-Lymphoma Society. She is also the featured speaker for the
Gala. Emma was chosen because of her "amazing, inspirational work
supporting children in the 'HOT Unit' at
Children's Hospital." Congratulations to Emma for leading by
example!

All School: Brookfield Academy students raised
$1,500 at various Veterans Day events.
an anonymous BA donor, generously matched those funds, all of
which go to the Wounded Warrior Project, Honor Flight Network, and
Wisconsin's Fisher House.

Upper School: Optime factum. Latin students
went to Yale University to participate in the annual Yale Certamen
Tournament. Competing against the top teams from around the
country, the team of Aliyah Quereshi, Adil Bhatia, Shiva Suri, and
Rajiv Kodali scored 210 points in the preliminary rounds, making it
to the semi-finals. Ethan Warren played on a team of students from
around the country. Gratulatio!

Upper School: Debate Team success continues.
Congratulations to senior Nour Saeed who took second place in the
Waukesha South Debate Tournament. Nour and her teammates will
participate in two more competitions before heading to the
Wisconsin State Tournament in January.

Lower School:LifeChangers (Liberty
Hall's Service Club) is sponsoring a food drive to help stock the
Waukesha Food Pantry by Thanksgiving. Students are encouraging
classmates to shop with their allowance or do chores to earn money
to buy canned goods for this project. Giving of themselves is at
the heart of this drive.

Upper School: Three seniors will sign a
national letter of intent to continue their athletic and academic
endeavors next year. Congratulations Sean Clarey, Michigan
Tech (basketball); Robert Neff, Stanford University
(men's gymnastics); and Nathan Stolte, UW- Parkside
(baseball).

Middle School: Members of the MS Service Club
will be serving meals at the Salvation Army on the second Thursday
of each month.

Upper School: The Upper School's first Debate
Team is off to a very impressive start! After four tournaments, two
of our debaters, senior Nour Saeed and junior Kristopher
Hildebrand, have qualified to compete in the State Tournament in
January. Freshman Ram Gollapudy had an impressive win on
November 2 in the West Bend Tournament, and needs just one more win
to qualify for State.

Upper School: Toga Trick or Treating - 14
members of the Latin Club donned togas and went trick or treating
in Elm Grove to raise money for Heifer International. The students
raised over $100 to help this charity that buys animals for
families in developing countries in order to help them become
self-sufficient.

Primary School: Congratulations to BA's
youngest scholars, the four-year-olds in Level A,
who began reading from their very first text book, Palo Alto, on
Monday, November 4!

Middle School: Nineteen students took part in a
service project at the Retzer Nature
Center last month, colleting seeds that will be used to restore
and improve the
park system's habitat for native plants, insects, birds, and
animal species.

All School: BA was well represented at the
Discovery World chess tournament, traditionally the first regional
event of the school year, with 13 players in four sections: WSCF
U500 section was represented by Rohith Kumar (1), Aidan Canga (2),
Azam Khan (3), Dean Hijjawi (2), Najeeb Khan (2), Riya Singh (3),
Rohan Singh (1) and Sander Armbruster (1). The team of young
players, some at their very first tournament, finished second among
eight school teams. At the WSCF open section, BA was
represented by Sean Connor (7), who finished in second place
individually. The other two sections were part of a USCF/WSCF
dual-rated Grand-Prix tour (no individual or team awards
presented), with the following BA participation: Krish Sharma (2)
and Niels Armbruster (5) in the USCF U800 section; Aditya
Gopal (4) and Daniel Perelman (5) in the USCF Open section.
Congratulations.

Upper School: Congratulations! Senior Natalie
Kustner has been named a National Merit
Commended Student.

Upper School: Congratulations! Senior Annie
Eggert was selected Wisconsin Leader of the Year following her
participation in the Wisconsin Leaders of Tomorrow Program, based
on overall ratings from her essay, interview, resume and seminar
participation. Annie will represent Wisconsin at a national meeting
sponsored by the National Council on Youth Leadership and
Washington University in St. Louis in October.

Upper School: Carpe Ducatus! Nine Upper School
students went to the National Junior Classical League Convention at
UNLV and competed in a variety of academic, athletic, and art
competitions with students from around the country. Senior Danny
Trunzo was elected National Junior Classical League President, the
first from Wisconsin in the past 30 years and only the third in the
League's almost one hundred year history!

Upper School: Liam McCarty and Justin Zhu
earned the highest possible composite score of 36 on their ACTs.
Nationally, less than one-tenth of one percent earn this score!

Upper School: Jake Kolasinski, a 2013 graduate
who was 5-3 as a pitcher, and will play at UW-Parkside next season,
was named a catcher when The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's
Preps Plus announced their "First Team All-Area Baseball."

Upper School: Brookfield Academy was moved from
Division 3 to Division 2 this season, and the girls 4 x 100 relay's
first meet at the higher division resulted in a
state-record-setting victory. Seniors Mary Liz Kim and Luisa Graf,
sophomore Ugo Aguwa, and junior Mackenzie Bonk won in 49.25, .03
better than the previous record.

Upper School: Congratulations to Justin Zhu
(violin), Catherine Bodnar (piano), and Natalia Bodnar (piano) -
all chosen as 2013 Exemplary Soloists at the WSMA State
Festival. State Festival Adjudicators select the most exceptional
student soloists at each of the WSMA State Festival sites. Prior to
qualifying for state, the 433 soloists who earned the exemplary
honors were among more than 220,000 students who participated in
nearly 60,500 events at WSMA District Solo and Ensemble Festivals
across the entire state.

Middle School: 71 Middle School
students gave their time this school year in various service
projects. The following are to be commended for participating in
five or more projects: Level 6 - Noah Doble and Jake Wills; Level 7
- Adam Abuhajir, Kylie Brennan, Lucy Hamm, Jeremy King, Suneri
Kothari, Bella Petropoulos, Rebecca Riess, and Calleigh Rogers; L8
- Caroline Pellegrini and Jason Tan. We appreciate the efforts of
each of these students, evidence again that together we can make a
difference!

Upper School: With strong play
at the WIAA sectionals, the BA boys captured a third place finish
and advanced five players to the WIAA state championship in
Madison: Will Conley, Adil Bhatia, Danny Trunzo, Ajay Doniparthi,
and Bjorn Norderhaug.

Upper School: Junior Sean
Clarey is one of nine basketball players from the state of
Wisconsin selected to participate in the National High School
Basketball Coaches Association Rising Senior Event to be held
in Indianapolis in July. Read more
here.

Middle School: A cosmic force! Sriram
Gollapudy, Andrew Hong, Jason Tan, and Alex Zhu ranked first among
65 teams in the State of Wisconsin on the Purple Comet!
math contest. They ranked in the 90th percentile and earned
honorable
mention among more than 1,100 teams in their size category
internationally.

Upper School:
BA took second place in Wisconsin at the Federal Reserve Bank
Challenge; team members are Jake Ricci, Regine Torres,
Madeline Kohls, Lindsey Johnson, and Sheri
Zheng. BA came in third in a category for students with less than
a year of economics;
our team members (who have not taken Economics yet) are
sophomores
Rachael Overland, Shannon Cherian, Lee Smith-Feinberg and Aliyah
Quereshi.

Upper School: Congratulations! Seniors Luc
Boyce and Mahalia Sobhani have been awarded National Merit
Scholarships of $2,500 each. Approximately 1.5 million
students entered the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Scholarship winners are chosen from approximately 15,000
distinguished finalists.

All School: BA's chess club participated in the
K-3 and K-6 divisions of the UWM Scholastic Chess
Tournament. The 15-member K-3 team finished in third place
with Aditya Gopal taking first place individually. The 5-member K-6
team took second place; Sean Conner took the first place individual
trophy. Season awards were also given out. BA's K-3 team
won the first place Grand Prix trophy; three BA competitors
finished in the top ten individually (1-Daniel Perelman, 2-Aditya
Gopal, 6-Areeb Bajwa). The K-6 team finished second for the season
with three players in the top ten individually (3-Sean Connor,
4-Michael Connor, 9-Niels Armbruster).

Upper School: The Varsity baseball team made
news in the Midwest Clasic recently. To read more about
BA's Liam Dooley, Jake Kolasinski, and Nate Stolte as
featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, click here.
Accomplishments of student athletes at BA are also featured each
week in Sports
Report.

Upper School: Junior Clare Urbanksi is this
year's winner of the Joyce Cupertino Latin Scholarship of
$500 to attend the National Junior Classical League
Convention in Las Vegas in July.

Upper School: One hundred students
took the National Latin Exam. A record 71 received awards,
including four perfect scores, 21 gold medals (Summa Cum
Laude), 21 silver medals (Maxima Cum Laude) and 21
Magna Cum Laude awards. Those with perfect scores include
freshmen Adil Bhatia and Paul Urbanski, and juniors Clare Urbanski
and Jimmy McMullen.

Lower School: Students participated
at the State level of the Concours Oral, a competition
sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of
French. Scholars participating in the poetry category: Lily
Childress, Charlotte Aexel, Hassan Allaqaband, Mishaal Omer, Arushi
Dhingra, Isabelle Gross­man, Gabriella Bellido, Janna Husson, and
Tess Matthews - all won gold!

Middle School: Students
participated at the State level of the Concours Oral, a
competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers
of French. Charlie Wacholz (poetry) and three pairs - Mark
Bechthold and Liam Matthews, Ram Gollapudy and Skye McCoy, and Ann
Urbanski and Clare McCoy (extemporaneous conversation) all won
gold!

Middle School: Students performed very well on
this year's National Latin Exam. In the Introduction
to the Latin Exam, 41 Level 7 students mer­ited certificates
(18 of these also received ribbons) with Margot Armbruster scoring
perfectly. In the Latin One Exam, 42 students received
certificates (33 of them earning a silver or gold medal). Five
Level 8 students had a perfect score: Noah Ahmed, Jay Chand, Sriram
Gollapudy, Emma Lenz, and Alex Zhu.

Lower School: Sixteen BA students at the
Regional French Forensics Competition
(sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French)
qualified to
go to the State Competition, including Liberty Hall's Hassan
Allaqaband,
Charlotte Aexel, Gabriella Bellido, Lily Childress, Arushi
Dhingra, Isabelle
Grossman, Janna Husson, Tess Matthews, and Mishaal Omer.

Upper School: The following juniors have won
awards from the University of Rochester: Liam McCarty, the George
Eastman Young Leaders Award; Sangwoo Park, the Xerox Award for
Innovation and Information Technology; Rafael Rodriguez, Jr., the
Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award; and Jimmy McMullen,
the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award.

Middle School: Sixteen BA students at the
Regional French Forensics Competition
(sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French)
qualified to go to
the State Competition, including Freedom Hall's Mark Bechthold,
Ram
Gollapudy, Liam Matthews, Clare McCoy, Skye McCoy, Ann Urbanski,
and
Charlie Wacholz.

Middle School: Level 8 students ranked among
the first in the state at the
Wisconsin Math League Contest. The top five scores were earned by
Ram Gollapudy,
Pranav Kulkarni, Jonathan Lee, Emma Lenz, Jason Tan, and Alex
Zhu.

All School: BA's Service Club held a
school-wide "Share a Book" program to put books into the hands of
children served by the Hope Network. Constitution Hall students
collected and signed 51 new children's books, Liberty Hall students
collected 57, Freedom Hall students collected 24, and Patriots Hall
students collected 54. A parent donated 20-30 children's books,
bringing our total to over 200. Thank you to everyone who helped
celebrate Brookfield Academy's 50th Anniversary by promoting our
love of reading!

Upper School: The following students earned top
honors at the Wisconsin Math League: freshmen Jack Cudahy, Kristen
Sportiello, Martin Toledo, and Nathan Washburn, and sophomore Steve
Li. Nathan earned the honor of being the top scoring student in the
State.

All School: Students participated in all
divisions of the State Scholastic Chess Championships. In K-5,
Level 3's Daniel Perelman and Jacob Reiner earned medals with 4-2
records. In K-8, Level 6's Michael Connor, Sean Connor and Level
8's Pranav Kulkarni each went 4-2 to earn as a 6th place team. In
JV, sophomore Zack Balkhy (5-1) and senior Peter Gardner (4-2)
finished in the top 10. In Varsity Division 1, the team of
sophomores Kris Hildebrand, Shiva Suri, Ethan Warren, juniors Troy
Zimmermann, and Justin Zhu came away with a 3-2 record and a 6th
place finish. Individually, Suri (4-1), Zhu (3-1-1), and Hildebrand
(3-2) each earned board medals, while Zimmerman earned a board 1
trophy for his 4-1 record against the very best high school players
in the state.

Lower School: Jacob Reiner, Level 3, and Maya
Booth, Level 5 each won 1st place in the State of Wisconsin among
private schools for their cursive writing. We are very proud and
excited to have two of our scholars recognized. Despite the removal
of handwriting from many school districts' curricula, cursive lives
at BA!

Upper School: Emily Esser took part in the
Harvard Certamen (Latin) Tournament in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Competing in the advanced division, her team led in points for the
entire day and won third place overall.

Upper School: The Scholastic Art & Writing
Awards program has recognized three BA students at the National
level. Junior Chi Aguwa's fashion artwork will receive a Silver
Medal; senior Kathryn Dykstra's sculpture will receive a Silver
Medal, and senior Mahalia Sobhani's poetry will receive an American
Voices Medal. The award ceremony will be held at Carnegie Hall in
New York City on May 31. Nearly 100,000 students competed;
approximately 1,000 will be recognized. Noteworthy past winners
include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon,
Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates!

Upper School: After earning first place in the
Waukesha Region Mock Trial Competition, and being chosen one of two
teams selected at the State semi-finals, Mock Trial Varsity team
competed in the State Finals in Madison, arguing a case before the
Wisconsin Supreme Court and ranking second in the State. Team
members include Nancy Cattani, Sara Eslami, Paige Hammond, Aidan
McCarty, Liam McCarty, Rachael Overland, Simar Puri, and Andrea
Sommer.

Middle School: The Middle School food drive
collected 160 items, exceeding our goal! Fourteen students from
the MS Service Club took the food to the Tosa Cares Food
Pantry, stocked shelves, and learned about the service they
provide. We are grateful for our generous middle school students
who continue to learn the joys of service!

Upper School: The Midwest Classic All
Conference Selections from BA are Sean Clarey, junior, First Team
All-Conference; Domonique Criss, senior, First Team All-Conference;
Forah Bangura, senior, Second Team All-Conference; Ryan Clarey,
freshmen, Honorable Mention All-Conference; and Nate Stolte,
junior, Honorable Mention All-Conference. Sean Clarey was
named Midwest Classic Conference Player of the Year.
Congratulations on a great season!

Upper School: Venimus, Vidimus, Vincimus! For
the tenth year in a row (a state Record), BA won first place at the
Wisconsin Junior Classical League Competition in Madison. Students
take 12 written tests and compete in numerous contests, including
the highly competitive quiz-bowl game "Certamen." For the second
year in a row, Emily Esser (11) won the coveted gold medal, as the
student in the State winning the most individual points. Other
highlights: first place for the Certamen level 3 sophomore and
level 4 junior/senior teams, third place for the Certamen level 2
freshmen team, and Emily's election as a state officer. Well
done!

Upper School: Congratulations to our National
Merit Scholarship finalists: Luc Boyce, Michael Courchaine, Peter
Gardner, Maria Hughes, Arek Kashian, Mary Kim, Alison Sharpless,
Mahalia Sobhani, Andrea Sommer, and Regine Torres. This is a record
number of National Merit finalists for Brookfield Academy! The
number of national semifinalists is less than one percent of all
high school seniors; approximately 90 per­cent advance to the
finals. Only half of all finalists win a National Merit
Scholarship, which will be awarded later this spring. Good luck to
all!

Upper School: Chi Aguwa and Elaine Buckley, US
art teacher, were invited to the Milwaukee Art Museum last
Saturday for a Wisconsin Gallery Talk. Chi discussed her
award-winning artwork called "bloom" and her process for creating
it. Mrs. Buckley talked about motivating her students and the
success of BA's art program. This was quite an honor!

Upper School: Service Club raised $325 with a
recent soup and chili sale and a raffle of bowls created by
students. All proceeds benefit Feeding America.

Upper School: The State Honors Concert
aired in February on Wisconsin Pub­lic Television, offering
excerpts from the Wisconsin School Music Association High
School Honors Concerts at Madison's Overture Center. BA's
Justin Zhu performed with the orchestra on violin; Catherine Bodnar
performed on cello. This project brings Wisconsin's top young
musicians together with nationally known conductors in a highly
disciplined, professional setting. Over 1,400 students, grades 9-11
auditioned.

Upper School: Three BA students
received additional awards at the Annual Scholastic Art Awards
Day at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Chi Aguwa (11) received the
Mary E. Kelly Award - a $250 cash award. She was also an
American Visions Awards Nominee. The national judges give
one American Visions Award medal, sponsor by National
Scholastic, to an outstanding work of art from each regional
exhibition. Regional judges select five superior works from all the
Gold Key finalists from every 2D and 3D media category as nominees
for the national award, and they receive trophies. (We will know in
the next couple of weeks if Chi's work is headed to New York City
for the national exhibit!) Emily Esser (11)received a Grohmann
Museum Awards "Steel Level (Dual)" membership (awarded to
three students). Kathryn Dykstra (12) received a Nasco
International, Inc., Fort Atkinson Award (six $25 gift
certificates were awarded). Congratulations to all!

Upper School: Sophomore Kevin Van Cleave
represented the BA boys swim team at the WIAA Division II State
Championships at the UW Natatorium in Madison, having qualified in
the 200 individual medley (IM) and 500 freestyle events. With many
of his teammates cheering him on, Van Cleave won the 500 freestyle
in 4:42.63, thus becoming the first state champion in the history
of the BA boys swim team. He placed third in the 200 IM with a time
of 1:55.85. Quite an accomplishment!

Upper School: Congratulations to our
National Merit Scholarship finalists: Luc Boyce,
Michael Courchaine, Peter Gardner, Maria Hughes, Arek Kashian, Mary
Kim, Alison Sharpless, Mahalia Sobhani, Andrea Sommer, and Regine
Torres. This is a record number of National Merit finalists for
Brookfield Academy! The number of national semifinalists is less
than one percent of all high school seniors; approximately 90
percent advance to the finals. Only half of all finalists win a
National Merit Scholarship, which will be awarded later this
spring. Good luck to all!

Middle School: The Academy's Middle School team
of Pranav Kulkarni, Emma Lenz, Jason Tan, and Alex Zhu, along with
individual participants Mark Bechthold, Jay Chand, Ram Gollapudy,
Andrew Hong, Ravi Kodali, and Rhea Nangia participated in the
regional MATHCOUNTS competition. Alex and Pranav
finished 3rd and 11th respectively out of the 85 mathletes
competing from 14 area schools. The Academy's team captured 3rd
place honors and advanced to the State competition which will be
held on March 2 in Madison.

Upper School: Congratulations! Mock
Trial Varsity team earned first place in the regional
competition at the Waukesha County Court House. They will compete
with other regional winners in Madison on March 10. Team members
include Nancy Cattani (11), Sara Eslami (12), Paige Hammond (11),
Aidan McCarty (10), Liam McCarty (11), Rachael Overland (10), Simar
Puri (11), and Andrea Sommer (12).

Middle School: In the first meet of the
Forensics season, standout performances included
Calleigh Rogers (7), first place in poetry; Alexandra Dortzbach
(7), first place in storytelling; Anisha Guru (7), second place in
humorous solo; Ram Gollapudy (8), second place in moments in
history; Cece Youso, Vaishnavi Gundamraj, and Kaylin Artley (all
L6), second place in group acting; Shalini Gundamraj (L8), third
place in prose; and Rohan Agrawal and Austin Cherian (L6), third
place in group acting. In our second meet Megan Weiner (7) and
Calleigh Rogers received blue ribbons. We hope our students take
this winning formula to the State Forensics tournament on March
23!

Upper School: Venimus, Vidimus, Vincimus! For
the tenth year in a row (a state Record), BA won first place at the
Wisconsin Junior Classical League Competition in
Madison. Students take 12 written tests and compete in
numerous contests, including the highly competitive quiz-bowl game
"Certamen." For the second year in a row, Emily Esser (11) won the
coveted gold medal, as the student in the State winning the most
individual points. Other highlights: first place for the Certamen
level 3 sophomore and level 4 junior/senior teams, third place for
the Certamen level 2 freshmen team, and Emily's election as a state
officer. Well done!

Middle School: Five teams placed in the top ten
of all 253 Middle School teams participating in the
Wisconsin State Stock Market Simulation. BA teams
and rankings: First place - Harsimran Kalsi, Eric Minessale, and
Joe Doyle; second place - Ava Schneider, Shalini Gundamraj, and
Jason Tan; third place - Michael Doherty, Rhea Nangia, and
Serena Shah; fourth place - Parker Kuhlman, Taylor Just, Navjot
Singh; and tenth place -Jonathan Lee, Alex Zhu and Ram Gollapudy.
Statewide, over 3,600 students and 1,221 teams participated. BA's
first placed MS team of Kalsi, Minessale and Doyle also placed
seventh in the entire State ranking of all 1,221 High School and
Middle School teams!

Upper School: Three BA students received
additional awards at the Annual Scholastic Art Awards Day
at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Chi Aguwa (11) received the
Mary E. Kelly Award - a $250 cash award. She was also an American
Visions Awards Nominee. The national judges give one American
Visions Award medal, sponsor by National Scholastic, to an
outstanding work of art from each regional exhibition. Regional
judges select five superior works from all the Gold Key finalists
from every 2D and 3D media category as nominees for the national
award, and they receive trophies. (We will know in the next couple
of weeks if Chi's work is headed to New York City for the national
exhibit!) Emily Esser (11)received a Grohmann Museum Awards "Steel
Level (Dual)" membership (awarded to three students). Kathryn
Dykstra (12) received a Nasco International, Inc., Fort Atkinson
Award (six $25 gift certificates were awarded). Congratulations to
all!

Upper School: Posters for the BA musical,
Annie Get Your Gun, feature a design by Emily
Golchini (9) and Parker Hollis (9) who worked together on the
original concepts. Geoffrey Rogers (10) designed the cast
t-shirts. Anthony Klein (9) designed the silhouettes for
the back drops for the play. The set construction crew and Caitlin
Driver (Graphics 1 teacher) are projecting the digital files and
painting them onto panels.

Congratulations! Brookfield
Academy's youngest actors presented three
delightful, energetic performances in a tale of friendship,
sharing. and
teamwork that charmed the young and the young at heart!

Congratulations to the wonderful cast, director, technical crew
and volunteers who made Annie Get Your Gun! a truly
magical experience for all who attended ! Your talent, hard work,
and dedication are greatly appreciated. Thank you one and all!

Congratulations to the fabulous cast, director, technical crew
and volunteers who made Aristocats KIDS a spirited,
fun-filled show for all who attended ! Your talented, energetic
presentation delighted audiences. Thank you one and all!

Brookfield Academy thanks the many
parent volunteers who put in countless hours and donate their time
and talent to make our productions a success!
If you are a BA parent interested in joining the Blue Knight STARS
as they help
to boost consistency, improve communication and build community on
the
stage click
here to learn more about the Blue Knight STARS!

Art Teachers: Elaine Buckley, Janet Bruhn, and Caitlin
Driver

Students presented a wonderful collection of artwork in a wide
variety of mediums, many of them award winning creations.

Varsity Boys Basketball Players Reach Milestone!

Senior Domonique Criss and junior Sean Clarey were recognized
for going over the 1,000 point mark for their careers. Criss
achieved it in the January 14 game against Hope Christian, and
Clarey on January 8 against Milwaukee Messmer. Congratulations!
(Criss and Clarey, pictured with Coach Patrick Clarey.)

Varsity Girls Basketball Team - Mothers Win Trophy!

The team had its first "Mother-Daughter" game on January 19. The
mothers won the trophy!

Friday night was the team's "Pink Out" night in support of
breast cancer awareness. Thank you to the fans for raising $156
dollars.

]]>Eleven Brookfield Academy Students Named National Merit Semifinalistshttp://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news/2012/9/eleven-brookfield-academy-students-named-national-merit-semifinalistsWed, 12 Sep 2012 14:17:39 GMThttp://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news/2012/9/eleven-brookfield-academy-students-named-national-merit-semifinalistsBrookfield Academy is proud to announce that
eleven students have been named National Merit Semifinalists. This
is a record number of National Merit Semifinalists for Brookfield
Academy!

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation honors individual
students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for
success in rigorous college studies.

The number of national semifinalists is less than one percent of
all high school seniors. Approximately 90 percent of the
Semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and more
than half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship,
earning the Merit Scholar title. National Merit Scholarship winners
of 2013 will be announced beginning in April and concluding in
July.

Brookfield Academy congratulates these students and wishes them
the best of luck in their pursuit of a National Merit Scholarship
Award.

On April 21, the girls played in the annual BA Bash soccer
tournament at home. After winning this tournament two years in a
row, BA would be looking for a three-peat, but there were four new
schools in the tournament this year who are better than any of the
other schools that have been in the tournament before.

In the first game against South Milwaukee, the three Blue Knight
captains came up big exactly when they were needed. After being
down 1-0 at halftime, Collins scored from a Pesch assist to tie the
game, and Ana Bayerlein made an unbelievable save with one minute
left to secure a 1-1 draw. The second game was a convincing 2-0
victory over a Winnebago team that only lost one game last year and
only one so far this year. All BA defenders played amazing and were
well organized by Ally Anderson. Pesch scored both goals to bring
her BA total to 100! Congratulations to Pesch for this massive
accomplishment!

BA made the championship game based on having the most points in
its group. After giving up an early 0-1 lead to Mauston, the girls
battled through their exhaustion, scoring three goals to win a
third consecutive BA Bash championship. Pesch scored twice more and
Collins added the third while senior Jenny Giera played a great
game in defense. The freshman and sophomores looked great
throughout the tournament as they have made tremendous improvements
in the past week.

Your registration includes a Play Day on Tuesday, March 6.
Choose either the morning or afternoon session when you register.
If you want to participate in the Play Day only, please call the
Admissions Office to register.

For more information, contact Mary Ricci, Asst. Director of
Admissions at 262-783-3200.

]]>Students Win First Place in Spanish Pronunciation Contest!http://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news/2012/students-win-first-place-in-spanish-pronunciation-contestMon, 20 Feb 2012 14:10:46 GMThttp://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news/2012/students-win-first-place-in-spanish-pronunciation-contestThe State Spanish Pronunciation Contest was held recently, and
Brookfield Academy students took first place in Reading, Poetry,
Narration and Conversation, as well as overall first place as a
school.

]]>Mock Trial Team Wins Waukesha Regional Tournament!http://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news/2012/mock-trial-team-wins-waukesha-regional-tournamentMon, 20 Feb 2012 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news/2012/mock-trial-team-wins-waukesha-regional-tournamentBrookfield Academy's Mock Trial Team won the
Waukesha Regional Tournament, and will advance to the State
competition in Madison on Sunday, March 11. The top two teams will
argue their case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday,
March 12.

Also, special congratulations to the Junior Varsity team who
posted a 3 and 1 record for the competition, one of the best JV
performances in program history. The JV team includes Nancy
Cattani (10), Shannon Cherian (9),
Emily Esser (10), Aidan McCarty
(9), Jon Novak (10), Rachael
Overland (9), Sangwoo Park (10), and
Sabrina Sawall (9).

We are pleased to announce that our team came in first among the
15 participating schools, with Martin and Kristen ranking 2nd, Alex
ranking 4th and Nathan ranking 7th among more than 110
participants. Jason, who also did well at the regionals, will join
Martin, Nathan, Alex and Kristen as they advance to the State level
Competition, on March 3 in Madison. Congratulations to all! Go
BA!